Five years ago, Shane Adams hallucinated a smeared, smokyshadow of a man, who made him a deal: he'd make Shane famous, if Shane wouldsacrifice some of his fans to the ash man. Shane shrugged the incident off as abad mushroom trip, but now he's the lead singer of The Wrenching, a rock bandwhose cult following trails him from city to city. And his fans have started todisappear.  Convinced he is a macabre modern Pied Piper, leading kids totheir death with his music, Shane is determined to save his fans. But thejournalist to whom he told his story can't get it published. His best friendand fellow band member, Chris, has grown cold and jealous. He'll do anything tokeep Shane on stage. And the dark and secretive Lark, a fan with a violentpast, has inched her way into his life. He isn't sure if he can make it withouther anymore. Through a haze of drugs, paranoia, and confusion, Shane strugglesto right what he has wronged. Before anyone else dies.Ratcatcher take its cues from the Pied Piper folk tale, also known as "The Ratcatcher of Hamelin."